People v. Richards CA1/1

I. BACKGROUND

In June 2023, Richards pleaded guilty to numerous felony crimes committed against four different women on separate dates1 with the

All statutory references are to the Penal Code. Richards pleaded guilty

to committing assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(4)) against four victims between June 2020 and May 2022, to committing false imprisonment by violence (§§ 236, 237) against the same 1 understanding he would be sentenced to six years in prison, subjected to 10- year criminal protective orders (§ 136.2, subd. (i)), and required to pay restitution to all victims on all counts including the dismissed counts, among other terms. Jane Doe 3, whose restitution claim is the subject of this appeal, was the victim of an assault and false imprisonment committed by Richards in November 2021. At the hearing when Richards pleaded guilty, and at his sentencing hearing, Jane Doe 3 appeared in court to object to the plea agreement. During the first hearing, before Richards pleaded guilty, Jane Doe 3 described the planned six-year prison sentence as “unacceptable” in part because, “for nearly a year, . . . [she] had to . . . suffer [Richards’s]…